“Seconds later, as if in answer to my thoughts, a suicide bomber detonated himself among those we had just passed …” Benjamin Gilmour writes from Peshawar.
Matemail: Another Burke/Rudd missive revealed
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Sent: Monday, 18 February 2008 Dear Brian Well this is embarrassing, isn’t it. How the heck did News Ltd get hold of this? I’ve yelled at Lachlan Harris, I’ve yelled at David Epstein, I’ve yelled at the wenches in the office, but nobody has an answer to why the media remain independent and investigative. My advice is, just deny everything and stand in front of a church smiling like a mannequin.
I suspect the email leak comes from Hillary Gillard – or the Fifth Beatle as I now call her after her latest, and perhaps most bizarre, hair style. No one, and let me stress this Brian, no one displays a hair colour brighter than my tie. She practically ruined Sorry Day with that Ringo number. Let me just say this Brian, I think there’s concern in the Ministry about my last email giving them specific instructions about what they say in parliament and the language they use. Don’t you think it’s a fair go to be referred to as the top dog, numero uno, the main man, the head honcho, master and commander, the big cheese, bwana devil, the big kahuna, el jeffee, or Papa Doc Rudd? Yet again, I have to do everything for the Labor Party. I’ve been up most nights writing maiden speeches for Bill Shorten and Maxine McCute. I’ve written Joel’s White Paper, and explained to Kate Ellis the difference between rugby union and rugby league. About 8 times. Today I’m going to tell Justine Elliot what Aged Care is. Thank god Nick Sherry never wants to speak in public. Listen mate, I’m going to deny everything, say we never held hands, that I only pecked you on the cheek, that it was just a movie and dinner and that I was home before daylight. Regards, Kevin |
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9 Comments
Obviously, everyone exhausted their indignation on the previous piece. There are real things happening out there - surely?
There’s a catalogue of mild/wild contradictions to the Ruddster and this is just another revealing his fallibility and raw ambition. The whining is bogus. Secondly my guess the source is one of the pie loving twins KR and/or JM? They as much as promised.
KR met BB in 2005 on 3 occasions when members of WA Labour government were banned from such meetings. Friendly emails were subsequently exchanged and KR agreed to a further dinner with other influential WA identities & then rescinded. It is newsworthy!
Mr McLoughlin off yer meds? it shows. As to the so called article this is worse than the Kooka brothers I callit uni paper stuff but that would insult students.
Yes its a spoof. But oh how some comments suggest that Great Leader may not even be joked about. How many miles of rubbish and spoof were written about Howard - I guess it depends on your leanings as to what is acceptable and worthy of a laugh.
This spoof email is the most stupid (and unfair) item I have read in my three,maybe four, years of taking crikey.
And, while I am in the mood, I think your policy of using *** in words that have a sexual connotation is infantile.
Oh bollocks, Christian! Rudd is hardly the first or last politician to fell obliged at least the possibility of supping with the devil. At least he seems to have correctly judged the length of his spoon.
James, it would be funny if it was incisive about something worth reporting. This Burke dinner thing is so old hat and such a puerile attempt to discredit Rudd that it makes the Opposition and anyone commenting on it look desperate.
If you have something of importance to impart could you please do so without indulging in this laboured, unfunny piece of fluff masquerading as journalism. It would also appear as if the writer is ashamed of the piece. Unless WS is his real name.